batty

Example Sentences

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The story “After the Haiku Period,” about batty twin sisters who lay siege to a slaughterhouse, reprises the material.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

“A Working Man” opens with a batty pastiche of bullets and buzz saws, parachutes and cranes.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 27, 2025

The invented exploits of the Harfoots and their star-man guest may drive purists batty.

From New York Times • Sep. 1, 2022

That’s because the bat has a lifetime of batty experiences that shape its worldview, not to mention a brain and a body utterly unlike our own.

From Washington Post • Jul. 1, 2022

“He means he would think you were batty, Nell dear.”

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson